Clemson Tigers right fielder Seth Beer (28) rounds the bases following his two-run homer against the South Carolina Gamecocks during the sixth inning at Founders Park.(Photo11: Jeff Blake, jblake@thestate.com)

Clemson All-American outfielder Seth Beer looked poised for an impressive month during the first 10 days of March. He recorded a hit in each of his team's first eight games of the month — all wins — and throttled Georgia Tech during a three-game series, finishing 4-of-11 (.363 avg) with three home runs and four RBI.

His fortune at the plate took a turn for the worse over the team's next eight games, however, when he went a combined 3-for-26 (.115) and failed to drive in a run. Baseball is often a streaky game, so cold stretches like Beer's aren't a complete anomaly, but it's not the level of production expected from a former National Player of the Year.

Baseball is also a game known for its superstitions; Clemson second baseman Jordan Greene said Beer likes to look at the foul pole before every at-bat to get himself dialed in. But Beer's go-to move during a cold spell is hardly a gimmick at all — he just constantly works on his game. As head coach Monte Lee puts it, it's probably the most superstitious thing about the junior from Georgia.

"I think there’s some players that will look for answers and then I think there’s some guys who will really try to spend a lot of time looking within themselves," Lee said. "I think Seth’s one of those guys, Seth’s going to watch his videos, Seth’s going to continue to work — whether he’s hitting well or he’s struggling. The one constant with Seth is he’s constantly going to work on his swing. If his swing’s in a good place, he wants to keep it there, and if he feels like it’s not, he’s going to find something that works for him."

Clemson junior first baseman Seth Beer (28) hits a ball against William and Mary during the bottom of the fourth inning on Saturday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in Clemson.(Photo11: KEN RUINARD/GANNETT USA TODAY NETWORK)

So Beer kept at his craft, powering through a 1-for-9 performance during the North Carolina State series and a 1-for-12 performance against Louisville. His vision remained intact through the eight-game stretch, helping him draw seven walks, but it felt like something was missing in both his approach and his swing mechanics.

Whatever it was, Lee said Beer started to figure things out in Louisville even if the box score doesn't necessarily show it.

“He even told us at Louisville, ‘I feel it, I can start to feel my swing coming together,’" Lee said. "So again, as a hitter, it’s a constant evolution of trying to work on different things, different drills, different timing mechanisms until you find what works for you. Once you find it, you’ve got it. The key after that is just keeping it.”

Two days after the final game of Clemson's series with Louisville, Beer "found it" with his best game of the season — a 3-for-3 performance against Furman with a home run and five RBIs. That game seemed to ignite a torrid stretch for Beer, who's now 8-for-13 with 12 RBIs in his past four games, with a home run in each of them.

Part of his turnaround is a more humble approach to the plate. With the exception of his four home runs, each of his hits have been singles as part of his effort to do whatever it takes to get on base — especially when opposing defenses attempt to contain him with an alignment shift.

Clemson's Seth Beer at bat during the 1st inning against South Carolina on Sunday in Clemson's Doug Kingsmore Stadium.(Photo11: DAVID GROOMS/Contributor)

“I’m starting to see the ball better. I’m starting to relax and look for pitches in certain spots and trying to lay off tough pitches I can’t do anything with," Beer said. "I think the biggest thing for me was if the defense has a shift and they’re going to pitch inside to the shift, not to try to do too much and force it the other way.

"You kind of have to swallow your pride and say, ‘well maybe if I hit a soft ground ball to the left side, it’s going to be a hit every day of the week.’”

Beer capped off this past weekend's three-game sweep of Boston College with a 1-for-3, two-RBI day, in which he clubbed a solo home run off lefty Joey Walsh.

The way he broke down the at-bat makes it sound like his cold streak is officially a thing of the past.

“When (Walsh) threw that cut fastball, which is a really good pitch, when it came out of his hand it looked like with was going to be right at me and was going to hit me," Beer said, "and I was like, ‘that means it’s going to cut right back over the plate.’ I was just looking for something that I could put the best swing I could off of a tough lefty like that; luckily I found the barrel.”

“We’ve seen it time and time again. When he gets hot, there’s not a better hitter in the country," Lee said. "Right now he’s locked in and seeing the bat well. It just puts a lot of pressure on a pitching staff … it’s tough, especially when you’ve got guys behind him like Chris (Williams) who can drive in runs and (Robert) Jolly after him who can put together good at-bats - you just can’t not pitch to him.”

Clemson currently holds a 22-6 record this season and its 8-4 conference record is good for third place in the ACC behind N.C. State and Duke. Beer's .284 season average and 24 RBIs are slightly off pace from the numbers he put up in his freshman and sophomore campaigns, but his 10 home runs are on pace for a new career-high.